Take the biscuit

14th June 2002, 1:00am

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Take the biscuit

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Fancy a breaktime treat for your staffroom, department or school office? Think you know your Rich Tea from your Hobnobs? Pool your brain power to answer our quiz (think biscuit for one of the five answers) and you could win two classy tins of organic Duchy Originals.

1. Who painted “Nocturne in Blue-Green” in 1871?

2. In 1971, the band Three Dog Night had a hit album. What was it called?

3. Who composed “Nocturne” for tenor and orchestra in 1958?

4. What is the bird Luscinia megarhynchos better known as?

5. In 19th-century slang, what was a female “nocturne”?

May 31 answers: 1. Penguin; 2. Henry James; 3. In a plane crash; 4. Oboe; 5. In space. Congratulations to Cara Morgan, York.

Send your answers on a postcard to:Tracey Thomas, Take the Biscuit, Friday magazine, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX or email: friday@tes.co.uk by June 21. The first set of correct answers out of the hat will take the biscuits - supplied by Duchy Originals. Teaching materials about organic food and farming are at www.duchyoriginals.com*The TES may wish to process or disclose your data to approved third-party companies to monitor our progress and send you future promotions. If you wish us not to do this, please write ‘No promotions’ on your entry.

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